Isaiah 43:18-19
18 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
Know something:
Change doesn’t always result in improvement—but without change there will not be any improvement.
Add to your daily prayer:
Lord, I trust You to Guide me in your Word, in your Way, and in your Will!
A formula for life:
Faith + Trust = Courage
The connection of the daily prayer with this formula:
Faith in God’s Word + Trusting God’s Way = Courage to fulfill His will.
1 Corinthians 16:13 (AMP)
Be on guard; stand firm in your faith [in God, respecting His precepts and keeping your doctrine sound]. Act like [mature] men and be courageous; be strong.
REACHING THE POTENTIAL GOD INTENDS FOR YOU:
1. Reaching your potential is really about the
John 4:10 (Jesus to the woman at the well) Jesus replied, “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In ALL your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
Isaiah 43:18-19 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
REACHING THE POTENTIAL GOD INTENDS FOR YOU:
2. Reaching your potential boils down to the fact that God
Ephesians 2:10 “For we are God’s [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live].”
Philippians 1:6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;
1 Samuel 17:33-37 And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.” 34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep his father’s sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, 35 I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard, and struck and killed it. 36 Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.” 37 Moreover David said, “The Lord, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.”
1 Peter 1:18-19 says, “…you were not redeemed with corruptible things like silver or gold…but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.” All the world’s silver and gold would not be enough to redeem you. Only the blood of Jesus is precious enough.
Jeremiah 1:5 (The Lord to Jeremiah) “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”
REACHING THE POTENTIAL GOD INTENDS FOR YOU:
3. Reaching your potential happens when you feed your
Numbers 13:1-2 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.”
Numbers 13:27-30 Then they told him, and said: “We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. 28 Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are fortified and very large; moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the South; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.” 30 Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”
Everyone experienced the same thing. Some speak
Numbers 13:31-33 But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.” 32 And they gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature. 33 There we saw the giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”
Psalm 78:42 “They did not remember His power.”
Numbers 14:1-3 So all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night. 2 And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness! 3 Why has the Lord brought us to this land to fall by the sword, that our wives and children should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”
Acts 4:29-30 Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, 30 by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.”
You see, it takes faith to go where you have never gone before, Trust and courage to do what you have never done before.
Romans 1:17 (In talking about the Gospel) For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, ‘The just shall live by faith.
People that
Conclusion:
You were made for much more than you ever imagined. Look at this truth in 1 Corinthians 2:9 CEV “What God has planned for people who love Him is more than eyes have seen or ears have heard. It has never even entered our minds!”
Faith in God’s Word + Trusting God’s Way = Courage to fulfill His will.
Isaiah 43:18-19
18 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.